My questions are:
We used to deploy the Agent and did not have serious issues with it. We deployed using ansible, by copying the tarball over and running the install.sh
jmvelasquez01 wrote:My questions are:We use Ansible to deploy software from YUM repos. When will a GPG key be available for the agent RPM?
jmvelasquez01 wrote:
This would be a feature request. I have logged this internally under DC-1628. In the meantime it is recommended you pass the '--nogpgcheck' parameter with your 'yum' command to utilize the Orion server as your repository.
Ansible cannot install software that has an interactive component. When will a non-interactive installer be made available?
There's a bunch of ways you can do this with just bash. However, if you want to accomplish this the Ansible way you could use the expect module.
- name: Execute the script expect: command: /usr/bin/sh /root/ansible_testing/testing.sh responses: "Enter your choice": "1"
In this example, Enter your choice is the regex ansible will match on to input a "1". If there are multiple prompts that use Enter your choice Ansible will input a "1" for all of them.
Enter your choice
Is there a command I can run to verify that the agent is configured correctly and running from the client side?
Run '/opt/SolarWinds/Agent/bin/swiagent' to validate the configuration of any Linux Agent. To verify the agent is running run 'service swiagentd status'
Is there an API call I can make to verify that the agent is configured correctly and running?
Yes, you can use the Orion SDK and the 'TestWithEngine' verb to test agent connectivity and verify its configuration.
Is there a way to de-provision the agent during the decommissioning phase of the server?
When you delete the agent in Orion you are asked if you want to delete the Node in Orion, as well as uninstall the Agent.
Alternatively, you can execute these commands, (like delete node) through the Orion SDK in an automated fashion.
Is this agent production ready?
Absolutely! There are millions of Orion agents deployed and monitoring production environments, ranging from the deepest darkest recesses of top secret government agencies and banking institutions, to popular cloud services you use every day.
